Quotes By Drew Carey
'Green Screen' was a total experiment. I'm glad we did it, but it was just tough on that network to get it going.
Drew Carey
Being a celebrity you always get really good seats to sporting events but you never get as good seats as the photographers get. And I really love sports. So one of the scams I have going now is I want to learn sports photography so I can get better seats at a sporting event.
Drew Carey
TV is easier: it's all planned out for you and the audience is there to see a show and they are all pumped up but when you are in a comedy club, you have to be really funny to win them over.
Drew Carey
Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we have now.
Drew Carey
Like I said, all comedy is based on exaggeration, big or small, whatever you can get away with.
Drew Carey
George Carlin is kind of my template now because George Carlin before was straight laced regular comic and he had short hair, a tie, suit, nightclub guy. Then he said screw it, let his hair grow, just started telling what he thought was the truth. So that's what I'm trying to do.
Drew Carey
I'm not against ratings per se. I think more information is always good. But I certainly don't think the government has to step in and set guidelines for how shows should be rated.
Drew Carey
The Marines was a fresh start - that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you change your name.
Drew Carey
There's a game called Checkout where there's grocery items and it's how much you think the manufacturer's suggested retail price is and we add up your total, then your total has to be within $2 of the regular total. I don't think I could ever win that game.
Drew Carey
I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian.
Drew Carey
Even when people are rich and successful on TV shows, there's always some trouble - you have to poke holes in them, throw them out of a job, put a pie in the face.
Drew Carey
When I thought I was retired, I wanted to travel around the world and watch soccer games.
Drew Carey
Libertarians are essentially what the Republicans were 30 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label.
Drew Carey
I see my face in the mirror and go, 'I'm a Halloween costume? That's what they think of me?'
Drew Carey